The Walk

The taoist temple at Jurong is celebrating one of the Deity's birthday/big day(if I'm not wrong abt the title) and as it's the biggest event of the year for this temple, daddy had gone for the pre-prayers last night and came home around 3am(according to him this morning). Today, the ceremony started at 4pm.

Renee was unhappy that we're to pick her up early so daddy told her we'll just pick her up after he came back from the temple. However, he didn't count that things might be delayed and I guess, it had been quite impossible for him to phone me since he's helping out at that moment, I only got to know that he'd be later than the latest pick up time at the CC - 7pm. He never seem to register anything that I've told him before! Men! I've told him before, about the pennalty that some CCs would impose on parents for picking their children up late - I supposed this is to prevent parents whom happily leave the children there whilst they have their dinner/get their stuffs done. It's not so much about the penalty but the fact that the both our girl and the attending teacher have to wait, just isn't to my liking(if I can help it). He just told me to tell them we'd late or I could walk/take a cab there. It was already past 6:45pm by the time I knew that he'd be late and thus I decided to rush and lock up the office and WALK to the CC(I reckon it's gonna be hard to hail a cab from there and Also, going by the correct route, via car of cos, it takes only about 5 mins, so it seems kinda silly to take a cab?). Anyway, being the route direction blind me, and partly due to the rush, all that I had in my mind then was "oh no, already so late, my Renee how", it didn't occur to me that I should have gone the same route as I would have if I'm still driving. Instead, I chose the wrong route, thinking that it would also lead to the destination. Aiyoh, sooo silly of me! . In my heels and the lack of 'walking exercise', I began to feel the ache in my legs and I was lost! I phoned Mrs Teoh to confirm the road's name since she's unable to help re-direct me to the CC from where I was - if they're not able to, then how could I, a West area alien find my way out? Luckily the main(small) road wasn't far and I managed to hail a cab. Renee was the only child left in the CC and I thanked & apologised to Lao Shi whom had stayed to look after her. I guess it's because this was a genuine delayed case and that we've always been one of the earliest to pick Renee up, so they didn't penalise us like what we've heard other CCs would normally do.

I've requested for the cabbie to wait for me whilst I went into the CC to pick Renee, so we don't have to walk back nor stand near the main road to hail for another cab. And when we were near the office vicinity, daddy phoned... He's already on his way back, aiyoh, why did he tell me that he might take a while more! *Fed-up*

Anyway, we were all hungry, well, more like the both of them, I was more tired than hungry... and Renee, being 'hooked' with Dian Xiao Er's food, requested to go there again. So, we ended up at one of their branches @ West Coast Plaza, :).